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Wednesday, March 17, 2010Regular season · 11 games
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11 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: GSW trailed NOH by 13 at halftime and won 131–121.

Final
OKC92
CHA100
Q1 CHA -11; Q2 CHA -8; Q3 CHA +3; Q4 CHA +8
Final
IND94
CLE99
Q1 CLE +5; Q2 CLE +2; Q3 CLE +16; Q4 CLE +5
Final
NJN97
PHI108
Q1 PHI +10; Q2 PHI +11; Q3 PHI +13; Q4 PHI +11
Final
ATL105
TOR106
Q1 TOR +5; Q2 TOR +3; Q3 TOR -11; Q4 TOR +1
Final
NYK97
BOS109
Q1 BOS +13; Q2 BOS +19; Q3 BOS +21; Q4 BOS +12
Final
SAS84
ORL110
Q1 ORL +5; Q2 ORL +10; Q3 ORL +22; Q4 ORL +26
Final
CHI106
DAL113
Q1 DAL +12; Q2 DAL +20; Q3 DAL +16; Q4 DAL +7
Final
MEM94
HOU107
Q1 HOU -7; Q2 HOU -2; Q3 HOU +9; Q4 HOU +13
Final
MIN100
UTA122
Q1 UTA 0; Q2 UTA +9; Q3 UTA +14; Q4 UTA +22
Final
NOH121
GSW131
Q1 GSW -4; Q2 GSW -13; Q3 GSW -8; Q4 GSW +10
Final
MIL93
LAC101
Q1 LAC 0; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC -2; Q4 LAC +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 2008–09Mar 17, 2009: 8 games. Top scorer: LeBron James (CLE vs ORL), 43 points.
The lead · NOH @ GSW

Anthony Tolliver scores 30 in Golden State win over New Orleans

Final: 131–121. Anthony Tolliver added 6 rebounds and 3 assists. David West scored 36 for New Orleans in the loss.

Game flow · GSW margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-4-13-8+10GSW AHEAD ↑NOH AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
NOH34352725121
GSW30263243131
Who led
Anthony TolliverPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 8, 20, 9, 5, 14, 4, 14, 30GSW30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Monta EllisPoints, last 10 games: 15, 27, 6, 26, 22, 22, 17, 31, 13, 28GSW28 PTS · 3 REB · 13 AST
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 15, 22, 28, 33, 30, 24, 24, 36NOH36 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Darren CollisonPoints, last 10 games: 35, 10, 17, 32, 16, 8, 17, 13, 18, 20NOH20 PTS · 6 REB · 14 AST
Second story · ATL @ TOR

Toronto rallies from 11 down to beat Atlanta

Trailing by 11 after three, Toronto outscored the Hawks 31–19 the rest of the way. Final: 106–105. Andrea Bargnani led Toronto with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

Top-scorer duel · TOR vs ATL
Andrea Bargnani · TORJamal Crawford · ATLPTS2233REB112AST22Top scorer on each side. Bars scale within each stat. Pink = the winning side.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+10.4points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
19.0Season avg29.4Last 5

29.4 points a game over his last five games, against 19.0 in 67 earlier games. Today: 36 points in 43 minutes.

Losing minutes
−14.7minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
32.4Season avg17.7Last 3

17.7 minutes a game over his last three games, against 32.4 in 55 earlier games. Today: 0 points in 21 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+26.0minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
15.0Season avg41Today

41 minutes today, against 15.0 a game in 41 earlier games. Line: 11 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists.

Top performances

David West leads the day with 36

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
David WestPoints, last 10 games: 10, 13, 15, 22, 28, 33, 30, 24, 24, 36NOH @ GSW · L
19.3 PPG season to date · +17.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
36 PTS · 15 REB · 5 AST
Jamal CrawfordPoints, last 10 games: 14, 21, 20, 14, 24, 16, 29, 17, 25, 33ATL @ TOR · L
17.9 PPG season to date · +15.4 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high33 PTS · 2 REB · 2 AST
LeBron JamesPoints, last 10 games: 20, 36, 36, 22, 26, 40, 23, 30, 29, 32CLE vs IND · W
29.9 PPG season to date · +2.1 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 9 REB · 9 AST
Aaron BrooksPoints, last 10 games: 31, 19, 28, 22, 25, 25, 14, 18, 31, 31HOU vs MEM · W
20.1 PPG season to date · +11.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Zach RandolphPoints, last 10 games: 31, 22, 23, 31, 15, 13, 24, 22, 18, 30MEM @ HOU · L
20.8 PPG season to date · +9.3 vs his regular-season average before tonight
30 PTS · 15 REB · 2 AST
Anthony TolliverPoints, last 10 games: 19, 10, 8, 20, 9, 5, 14, 4, 14, 30GSW vs NOH · W
10.1 PPG season to date · +20.5 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high30 PTS · 6 REB · 3 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Andray BlatcheWAS+11.3 24.0 last 10 · 12.7 season
Marcus ThorntonNOH+8.0 21.4 last 10 · 13.3 season
Darren CollisonNOH+7.3 18.6 last 10 · 11.3 season
Jrue HolidayPHI+7.1 14.4 last 10 · 7.3 season
Stephen CurryGSW+6.7 23.1 last 10 · 16.4 season
Cold
Devin BrownCHI−6.4 1.7 last 10 · 8.1 season
Larry HughesNYK−6.2 3.4 last 10 · 9.6 season
Martell WebsterPOR−6.0 3.7 last 10 · 9.7 season
Monta EllisGSW−4.7 20.7 last 10 · 25.4 season
Omri CasspiSAC−4.5 6.6 last 10 · 11.1 season